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Vaccines Flashcards

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Passive immunity

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Short term immunity
Introduction of antibodies from another person or animal

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Active immunity

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Acquired by natural disease or vaccination

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Vaccine aim

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Stimulate production of antibodies and other components of the immune mechanism

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Live attenuated form examples

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MMR
BCG

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Inactivated vaccine example

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Influenza vaccine

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Detoxified exotoxin example

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Produced by micro-organism
Tetanus vaccine

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Live attenuated vaccines

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NOT recommended for immunocompromised patients
Usually produce a durable immunity
Not always as long lasting as that resulting from natural infection

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Inactivated vaccines

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Need a series of injections and boosters
Can last from months to years

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What vaccine is given to 65 year olds?

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Pneumonia
Flu

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Vaccine for 70 year olds

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Shingles

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BCG vaccine

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For TB
High risk patients in contact with TB
Given to children born in areas of country with high cases
And whose parents or grandparents were born in a country with many cases of TB
Given at birth

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Influenza vaccine criteria - free

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High risk patients to reduce transmission of infection
Chronic respiratory, heart, liver, renal and neurological disorders
Diabeties mellitus
Immunosuppressant disease and chemo
HIV infection
Morbid obesity
Flu vaccination service requirements
Pregnant
Carer
Age normally 60 plus first then 50

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What is used to test TB

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Mantoux test

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Post immunisation fever

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120 / 5 mL; paracetamol if 2 months and weigh over 4 kh used men B at 2 and 4 months

100 / 5 mL; ibuprofen to 3 months + for fever and weigh over 5 kg

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Vaccine given for 8 weeks (2 month)olds?

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6 in 1 vaccine (diphtheria, hep B, Hib, poli, tetanus and whooping cough)
Rotavirus
MenB

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Vaccine for 12 weeks (3 months)

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6 in 1 (second dose)
Pneumococcal (PVC) vaccine
Rotavirus (2nd dose)

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Vaccine at 16 weeks (4 months)

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6 in 1 vaccine (3rd dose)
MenB

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Vaccine for 1 year olds

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Hib/MenC (1st dose)
MMR
PCV vaccine (2nd dose)
MenB (3rd dose)

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3 years to 4 months vaccine

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MMR (2nd dose)
4-in-1 pre school booster

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2 to 10 years vaccine

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Flu vaccine every year

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12 to 13 years

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HPV vaccine

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14 year vaccine

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3 in 1 teenage booster menACWY

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Pregnant women and vaccines

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Offered flu vaccine every year
From 16 weeks; whooping cough (pertussis) vacccine

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Babies born to mothers who have hep B

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Hepatitis B vaccine given at birth, 4 weeks and 12 months

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Rotavirus

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2 doses 4 weeks apart
8 weeks and 12 weeks
Liquid into the mouth to swallow
Stomach bug

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6 in 1 vaccine

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Diphtheria, hep B, Hib, polio, tetanus, whooping cough
Given 8, 12 and 16 weeks
Injected to baby thigh
Inactivated form
2 types infanix hexa and vazelis brand
Shouldn’t be given in baby has high temp, poorly controlled epilepsy

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MenB

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Given 8, 16 weeks and 1 year
Baby injected in the thigh
Likely to develop a high temp within 24 hours of vaccine
Give paracetamol following vaccine to reduce this risk
For meningitis and sepsis

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MMR

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Measles, mumps and rubella
2 doses
Given 1 year and then 3 Years and 4 months
Anyone not had 2 doses can still get them
Not recommended when pregnant or weakened immune system
MMRVaxPro has gelatine but priorix shouldn’t

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Shingles vaccine

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70 to 79 years - eligible

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Chickenpox vaccine

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Not in routine childhood vaccine
Given to high risk of developing complications

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HPV vaccine

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Girls and boy aged 12 to 13
Protects against, cervical cancer, mouth and throat cancer and some cancers of anal and genital areas
Protects against genital warts
2 doses
From July 2018 it has been extended for boys as well as girls

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